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Friday, October 07, 2005

Patriot League profiles 20 years of Football

The Patriot League website is running a piece about 20 years of Patriot League football. They are profiling Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Fordham. First up is Lafayette. These are nice little history lessons on our league brethern. Give it a read.

posted by colgate13 at 7:42 AM

5 Comments:

  • I think it's a slap in the face to say the least. If there were another school left out that recently joined, maybe it would look better as the Hoyas wouldn't stand alone.

    I personally think they should have done a piece about old and new teams. Georgetown could have been highlighted there.

    By Blogger colgate13, at 10:30 AM  

  • In my mind, it was there. I shall correct it!

    (embarrased)

    By Blogger colgate13, at 4:02 PM  

  • The PL does not give Georgetown the respect it gives the other schools (even Fordham). Can anyone from other PL schools discuss this? Is Georgetown seen as merely an insurance policy for the league's I-AA autobid? I hope not.

    Maybe it's akin to when the Big East added Virginia Tech--a name school, but its distance from other schools and the unfamiliarity with other members never allowed the rest of the league to embrace them as full partners.

    Comments welcome.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:04 PM  

  • How do you know that Georgetown "refuses" to play other PL schools? It is playing Navy and Colgate this year.

    Given that PL and A-10 teams have to travel to Washington each year anyway, another road game at Georgetown in December hasn't drawn much interest from the Cross or Fordham.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:57 PM  

  • I honestly think that associate members do get second class status, but this snub I would bet is a complete oversight on someone's part. Somebody writing the article probably thought: "Georgetown's only been in the league for a few years and they haven't won it yet, so what's there to write about?"

    That's a completely wrong position to take, but I bet it was just blow off in discussions. Fordham got included because they've won it and been to the playoffs.

    I think the PL is going to rectify it and write about it, but it still doesn't make it right they did this to the Hoyas.

    By Blogger colgate13, at 8:34 AM  

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